Lani

L1A1N1I1

proper noun

A female given name from Hawaiian.

OriginHawaiian Lani →
Less commonScrabble 4
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Meanings

Lani1

proper noun
  1. USA female given name from Hawaiian.

    Until then he had not thought of following Lani Aldrich to Honolulu. He had been so sure that she would return to him.

    1940, Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, v.109, July-December 1940, page 106
  2. rareA male given name.

    Lani pronounced his name Lonny, and someone told me it had been spelled that way at one time. […] Lonny is a boy's name. Who knows what Lani is?

    2002, Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page XI

Lani2

nounLani pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyAn indigenous people of Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua.

Origin

  1. HawaiianLani
  2. HawaiianLani
  3. EnglishLani

Borrowed from Hawaiian Lani.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Lani. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lani

MLA

“Lani.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lani. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lani,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lani.

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